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Large crowds of black-clad mourners have gathered outside Tehran's main mosque to pay their respects to Iran's former supreme leader on the first day of his funeral comemorations.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Companies that gathered at the Automate conference in Chicago said many of those are already taking shape, beginning with emergency stop buttons and going all the way down to the microchip level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

Several thousands more foreign nationals clamoured to leave South Africa Friday, many of them gathered near the Zimbabwe border after a push that has already seen around 35,000 go home.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

That year, a million people gathered on the National Mall to witness an historic fireworks display, while we, in our little corner of the world, enjoyed ours.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

I gathered wood in my arms, and the chickens pecked around my feet for the bugs that dropped from the logs.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff